History Main / GoodColorsEvilColors

* DarkIsNotEvil

* LightIsGood

* DarkIsEvil (includes [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]])

* EvilWearsBlack

* LightIsNotGood

* The only time that Creator/JohnWoo avoids his usual "white villain, black hero" color scheme is in the final church shootout of ''Film/TheKiller'', which has HitmanWithAHeart Ah Jong in a white suit and the villain Johnny Weng and many of his men in black suits. But then again, [[spoiler:Ah Jong is the one who ultimately dies, and Weng was finished off by Jong's friend, CowboyCop Inspector Li Ying, who in turn was arrested by the entire police force for shooting Weng in front of them]].

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' dresses in gray with blue and yellow. Comicbook/{{Robin}} dresses like an explosion in a paint factory. Lampshaded when Batman explains that one of the reasons Robin wears bright colors is because he [[GoodCopBadCop plays good cop to Batman's bad]]. With some DeusAngstMachina in [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]]'s life, he changed his costume to be less colorful than before -- and his first costume was less bright than that of his predecessors, fitting his more [[AscendedFanboy subdued]] [[BadassBookworm personality]]. Tim was also associated with green as TheSmartGuy in comparison to his more impulsive ComicBook/YoungJustice teammates. Batman's rogues like the Joker, the Riddler, the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul, and Two-Face (sometimes) favor green and/or purple.

* A classic example of the association of heroes with primary colors and villains with secondary ones would be the 1980s ComicBook/LexLuthor in his super-armor (purple, green) battling ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' (red, yellow, blue). Other villainous colors worn include Brainiac (purple), Parasite (purple), Metallo (silver, green Kryptonite), Mr. Mxyzptlk (purple), and Darkseid (navy blue).

* Franchise/WonderWoman has always been a PrimaryColorChampion and in her original run (spread across ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'', ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' and ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'') most of her [[SecondaryColorNemesis foes favor secondary colors]]; ComicBook/{{Cheetah}}, Giganta, and Hypnota wear orange while Paula von Gunther, Dr. Poison, Mask, Flamina, Zara and Angle Man wear green, Gundra and Mars wear orange armor with green accents, Queen Atomia wears green and purple and the Purple Priestess wears orange, green and purple.

* In ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' each color of the rainbow is associated with a different emotion (some good, some bad) They are: red (anger), orange (greed), yellow (fear), green (willpower, courage), blue (hope) indigo (compassion), and violet (love).

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' dresses in gray with blue and yellow. Comicbook/{{Robin}} dresses like an explosion in a paint factory. Lampshaded when Batman explains that one of the reasons Robin wears bright colors is because he [[GoodCopBadCop plays good cop to Batman's bad]]. With some DeusAngstMachina in [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]]'s life, he changed his costume to be less colorful than before -- and his first costume was less bright than that of his predecessors, fitting his more [[AscendedFanboy subdued]] [[BadassBookworm personality]]. Tim was also associated with green as TheSmartGuy in comparison to his more impulsive ComicBook/YoungJustice teammates. Batman's rogues like the Joker, the Riddler, the Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Ra's al Ghul, and Two-Face (sometimes) favor green and/or purple.

* Movie-verse ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' continues the tradition: The Autobot good-guys have glowing blue eyes, whereas the "evil" Decepticons have glowing red eyes. The usage of this trope is best seen when Wheelie's eye gets damaged when he's convinced to leave the Decepticons for the Autobots, turning one of red eyes blue.

** Allies in VideoGame/HyruleWarriors are identified with blue signs and labels, while enemies are associated with the color red.

** The association is much weaker in the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe]], where both Jedi and Darksiders wielded a full rainbow of lightsaber colors. Notably, Leia used a red lightsaber while the Reborn Emperor used good-guy blue. It wasn't until [[Film/AttackOfTheClones]] that the colors were standardized, and even then exceptions turned up occasionally.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', the first season had identical colors for Lambda Driver energy fields. ''The Second Raid'', however, introduced color coding: Codarls always had red energy fields while the Arbalest had blue. Though if the painting of Arm Slaves count, then this is the coding: ARX-7 Arbalest: white color and green eyes (TheHero), ARX-8 Laevatein: white/red color, white ponytail and green eyes (TheHero). Plan-1056 Codarl: silver color, blonde ponytail and three red eyes (BigBad), Plan-1058 Venom: red color and single red eye (BigBad), Plan-1055 Belial: black color (BigBad).

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* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''Fanfic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon'' has the Etherium, a group of villains who wear white and those who [[HeelFaceTurn turn good]] get black uniforms (AntiHero). SmugSnake Kainatrol has a dark red colour scheme setting off her white uniform, while more sympathetic villain Mekuramast (her opponent in the EnemyCivilWar) has light blue. DarkMagicalGirl Millusion has dark blue-green, and the other villains wear bright green, purple, and gold (though the last one, wearing a Good Colour, gets considerably less pagetime). Asa and Yoko themselves are symbolized by pink/orange and blue/black, though these choices came from the design sheet the story was based upon and the inversion of black and white has already been stated. [[MysteriousWatcher Dawn]] and [[DistressedDamsel Mia]] are both symbolized by pink and bright red.

** Godzilla's Atomic Breath produces [[BlueIsHeroic blue light]], whereas a couple of his enemies -- the [=MUTOs=] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and Mechagodzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' -- instead produce [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]] [[RedIsViolent light]] with their powers. Even Rodan [[AdaptationalVillainy functions as an antagonist]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. ZigZagged, as Godzilla himself briefly turns red via his Burning mode. Taking this association further, [[MonsterVerseCharactersMonarch Monarch's]] bases tend to be lit with blue and green light.

* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': [[TheHero Allen]] is [[MessianicArchetype white]] (hair included), Kanda is [[RedOniBlueOni blue]] and [[AntiHero black]], Lavi is {{red|OniBlueOni}}, Lenalee is [[CloserToEarth green]] / [[TheChick pink]], and Cross is [[TheAce red and gold]]. As for the baddies, gray and black are the colors for the Noah Family.

** Madoka is pink, and generally acts as TheChick, sometimes combined with TheHero [[spoiler:in previous timelines, all of which she died in due to her idealism]]. Sayaka is blue, and tries to be a [[TheHero heroic]] [[TheLancer lancer]]. Mami is yellow/gold, and acts as the kind and helpful [[TheMentor mentor]], with a bit of TheAce. Kyouko is dark red, and appears to be [[AxCrazy madly violent]]. She nearly kills [[spoiler:Sayaka]] when they first meet. [[spoiler:She used to be TheHero, but she [[FallenHero quit caring about others when her father killed himself and the rest of her family]] because of the magic she used to help him. She dies in a final attempt at heroism]]. Homura is black and purple, and appears to be evil, or at least an uncaring AntiHero. [[spoiler:She isn't nearly as evil and aloof as she seems, and she started out naive and idealistic]]. She once wore cutesy bright red glasses, which she [[EvilCostumeSwitch ditched upon becoming anti-heroic]]. [[spoiler:[[GoodCostumeSwitch Reversed]] in the last episode; she becomes more like her old self, and starts wearing Madoka's red ribbon.]] Kyubey is white, yellow, and pink, and is a cute and loveable TalkingAnimal who dispenses magical wishes and superpowers. [[spoiler:[[DealWithTheDevil But not really]]]].

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': [[TheHero Blake]] favored light-colored clothing and earth tones. [[TheLancer Avon]] favored dark clothing and leather, which only got darker and nastier-looking the further he plunged off the slippery slope. [[TheChick Cally]] seemed to have a thing for blues while [[ActionGirl Dayna]] liked jewel tones. Vila's clothing was as drab as possible, probably because he did not like drawing attention to himself. Mercenaries Tarrant and Soolin favored gray. Their nemesis, Servalan, had it both ways - wearing mostly whites for most of Seasons 1 and 2, switching to black for Seasons 3 and 4. [[TheDragon Travis]], however, was always in black.

** Godzilla's Atomic Breath produces [[BlueIsHeroic blue light]], whereas a couple of his enemies -- the [=MUTOs=] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and Mechagodzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' -- instead produce [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]] [[RedIsViolent light]] with their powers. Even Rodan [[AdaptationalVillainy functions as an antagonist]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. ZigZagged, as Godzilla himself briefly turns red via his Burning mode. Taking this association further, [[MonsterVerseCharactersMonarch Monarch's]] bases tend to be lit with blue and green light. ** Yellow and gold are considered evil colors here, due to Ghidorah: the Senate boardroom and Jonah's hijacked Monarch base are lit yellow, and Monarch's alarm klaxons flash gold.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: Godzilla's Atomic Breath produces [[BlueIsHeroic blue light]], whereas a couple of his enemies -- the [=MUTOs=] in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' and Mechagodzilla in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' -- instead produce [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red]] [[RedIsViolent light]] with their powers. Even Rodan [[AdaptationalVillainy functions as an antagonist]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019''. ZigZagged, as Godzilla himself briefly turns red via his Burning mode.

* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', the first season had identical colors for Lambda Driver energy fields. ''The Second Raid'', however, introduced color coding: Codarls always had red energy fields while the Arbalest had blue. Though if the painting of Arm Slaves count, then this is the coding:
ARX-7 Arbalest: white color and green eyes (TheHero), ARX-8 Laevatein: white/red color, white ponytail and green eyes (TheHero). Plan-1056 Codarl: silver color, blonde ponytail and three red eyes (BigBad),
Plan-1058 Venom: red color and single red eye (BigBad), Plan-1055 Belial: black color (BigBad).

** Souls (when they're seen by someone who can [[StatOVision sense soul wavelengths]]) in the anime also fit this: Blue: Good/Normal human (only villains eat these). Red: Corrupted human (anyone with a red soul is [[TheHeartless fair game]]). Purple: Witch or misc. (act as {{Upgrade Artifact}}s, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil mostly chaotic evil]]. Yellow: Lord Death and Death the Kid have yellow/gold souls. Fitting for being the BigGood and TheAce, respectively. The werewolf Free has a unique green soul, and is generally working with purple-souled witches.

* DarkIsEvil

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''. It's in the name, it's lampshaded, averted, subverted, and generally thrown out the window starting with ''the first episode''. However, when they wrote the first episode, it was merely making fun of that aspect of ''Halo'''s multiplayer, so it was entirely justified.

* VillainInAWhiteSuit

* In ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'', helpful characters are represented with a prominent motif of a particular shade of yellow in their design - Big Boss's yellow stripes, Kaz, Amanda and Chico all wear various yellow scarves, Cécile has a yellow necklace, and Huey has a yellow detail on his wheelchair. Antagonists are represented with a prominent motif of a particular shade of red - red details on Pupa, Chrysalis, Cocoon and Peace Walker, Coldman has a red pocket square, Strangelove wears a red coat and a red tie, and Zadornov has a literal RedRightHand. This becomes foreshadowing when you notice [[spoiler: Paz wears a red coat and a red bow]].